What is the nature and function of sound design in cinematic media? Is it possible for the
styling of sound to create meaning? Is there art in noise? is chapter departs from standard …

The video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios, 2011) can be
considered a beautiful representational artifact. The naturalism and rich detail of its …

Self-identification is a key factor for the immersion of the VR interactive narrative player.
Diegetic non-protagonist narrators, touched-up heterodiegetic narrations with internal …

This chapter examines the wide variety of roles for sound and music in computer games.
The first section provides the context for empirical research in the field through an …

Historically, media studies and interaction studies (understood as the detailed study of
conversation, dialogue, and debate) have been estranged from each other. As John Durham …

Currently, voice design is a largely undocumented area of game audio. In order to establish
a broader understanding of the topic, this thesis explores and documents the voice design …

The design, function, and reception of sound in video games comprises the content of this
chapter. The topic is introduced through a brief history of video game sound and a short …

The very earliest video games were precisely that: games utilizing one sensory modality
only, that of sight. Unlike developments in cinema, which took several decades from its …

Abstract In Virtual-Reality-Filmen (VR-Filmen) ist die Verwendung einer Erzählerstimme
nahezu obligatorisch. Sie ermöglicht es den Zuschauenden, mit der virtuellen Umgebung zu …

The very earliest video games were precisely that: games utilizing one sensory modality
only, that of sight. Unlike developments in cinema, which took several decades from its …